Vehicles liable for the charge will include diesel trucks and vehicles over 12 tonnes which were manufactured before October 2001, or those which do not meet the Euro III emissions standards, reports 4Car. Coaches and buses are liable, as well as minibuses carrying more than eight people, but owners can retrofit devices such as particulate filters to meet the emissions requirements, or convert to an approved alternative fuel to avoid the charges.
Last month the city of Milan started a similar scheme with its own EcoPass plan and soon fellow Italian cities, Turin and Rome, will start their own respective programs.